Fishstix

Nice fish. Great picture . Its coming back.

I found them at Boston gear. Thanks for the tip. I am going to give my add a week in case someone has some parts. If no response I will order from them .

Looking for the bronze drive gear for the downrigger pictured below. These are from the 80's. Still work fine but the drive gears are just about worn out. Still powerful but really noisy. Obsolete is what Big Jon told me. I bought these used in the early 90's third boat Ive had them on...I thought maybe someone on the board here might have some parts..

Wow quite a machine. Should handle the Fingerlake chop just fine.. I like a skip tower especially on a hot windless day.

Curious how high. How muddy . and how much debris is floating around after all the rain we had. Thanks Stan

Fish have been biting. weather dont look to bad.. will be a good time.

Definitely a wall hanger. Congrats. I bet the south end of Cayuga is busy this morning.!

Trouthunter the diameter of the net in the picture is 22 inches. The fish both had good shoulder's and girth. Guess 4 to 5 lbs.The one with the lamprey probably 8lbs.

Couple more LL pictures. I had to net them before I let them go. They have a tendency to roll when they get next to the boat . It gets the line wrapped around their head. Also Ive never seen the lake so flat . The reflection of the clouds on the water was amazing. ... I cannot figure out why sometimes it cuts the heads and tails off in some of my pictures..Sorry. Ive got to wait for my grandkids to come over.

Planerboards 44 to 50 degrees

I was in the right place at the right time . Cayuga Had 5 on landed 2 all still swimming.

This was my best fingerlake salmon. I did not want to take it out of the water. turned around to get my cutters and lamprey was gone. Finally getting landlocks figured out. Jump rear and tear.Lots of fun.

Thanks for the outstanding report... I was thinking Cayuga today... Now im thinking Seneca.

Ive never had much luck using crimps . Years ago we had a discussion on this board on wire knots. The knot I use is so simple you would think it wont hold but Ive never had it fail and I run wire dipseys alot. This is a picture of wire tied to braid. Its a 50lb test spro swivel. The wire has a half hitch to the swivel and then a square knot. The braid is what ever knot you want to use. This wire knot can be used for attaching wire directly to your snap swivel.. Im not a writer or picture taker....

My guess is 1 ft of water off the end of dock. . Hopefully I save someone the trip.

Maybe we will find out what those big hooks are 50 down.